CVE-2015-7188: mozilla firefox 7PK - Security Features
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-7188 is a high (CVSS 7.5) 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 8Timeline
- 05-11-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy for an IP address origin, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, by appending whitespace characters to an IP address string.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.10%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.10% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≤ 41.0.2 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0
2 vendors · 3 products
References
24 links
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199430X Refsource CONFIRM
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM